This information was provided by Dave Volansky: I've not followed this group too closely, but hear that people have been interested in putting links on the dec to streaming content. I know that people have set up alternatives to the dec's hosted list of streaming radio sites, but I've found a way to simply add your own link RealPlayer content to the dec's Library. This method doesn't involve changing any code or undocumented settings on the dec and doesn't require unlocking your unit. It does however involves knowing a bit about how RealPlayer works and I don't plan to make this a complete tutorial on that, but with a little experimentation, the following will get you well on your way. I am using IE 6 on Windows XP and will document steps based on that, but similar functionality should be available from any browser and on any OS. Please note that this works only with RealPlayer content, not with items encoded for Windows Media Player or for special RealPlayer plug- ins just native RealPlayer audio and/or video. The high-level steps I will detail below are: 1) Locate the stream address 2) Create a file for the dec 3) Import the file on the dec 4) Enjoy your content on your stereo 1) Locate the stream address First you need to know the address to content you want. This is generally contained in a .ram file from a web page. I'll use my local PBS radio station as an example. I start at www.kqed.org and click the listen live text. This opens another window via _javascript and I have to interact with that window to start the RealPlayer stream. But after doing that, the .ram file is in my cached internet files. I access these using IE's menu - Tools - Internet Options, then the Settings... button in the Temporary Internet Files sections, then the View Files... button. View Details in the resulting window, sort descending by the Last Checked column, and the .ram file should be near the top. View the file in Notepad to find the actual link used by RealPlayer. It is this (should all be on one line): rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm Getting the address of the content you want may require different steps and may involve files other than those with a .ram extension. You may find the file isn't a .ram but a .smil file or some other RealPlayer file format. Eventually you should be able to dig down until you find the true address of the streaming content used by RealPlayer and that is what you need. The beginning of this address can be rtsp:// (RealPlayer's streaming protocol), pnm:// (RealPlayer's old protocol), http:// (used for static, not live, streams stored on web servers), or maybe something else I've not yet run into. 2) Create a file for the dec Using notepad or some other text editor, create a file containing this address. Name the file with an extension of either .rm or .mp3. It doesn't really matter which you use, but the dec will only import these. (Okay, there maybe others that the dec will import, but I've tested with these). The trick here is that the dec seems to only want to process files that are 1000 bytes or larger. To make my files larger I have successfully either added junk or space on lines after the valid address or have simply copied the address many times in the file - one line per address. The advantage of the later is that if the stream stops for some reason, it will restart "automatically." So for my local PBS station, the resulting file would now look something like this (each copy should be on a single line): rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/broadcast/*/encoder/rmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_8241.rm And be named something like KQED.RM. (The name you give this file, aside from the extension, will be the "track" title on the dec, so if you want something longer and more descriptive, name your file accordingly and you can avoid some typing on the dec.) Don't depend on the Exploring window of Windows XP to see the file size. It will report 1K for anything up to 1K. If you look at the file properties (right-click and select properties), the size entry will include an exact byte count. That is the size the dec will see. 3) Import the file on the dec I won't rewrite the manual here, but next you need to get the file onto your dec. You can either burn this file on a CD-R or CD-RW data disk and "record" it on the dec or you can use the import share. Information about both of these methods is in the dec manual. The first couldn't be more straight forward, while the latter requires that you turn on file sharing via the Networking - Advanced settings on your dec. If your file isn't at least 1000 bytes long, these methods won't work. A data disc will be reported as corrupt and the import file will simply disappear. 4) Enjoy your content on your stereo Files I've created this way appear in my dec library with an unknown artist and unknown album. You can change these later on the dec, but for now use the Library function of the dec to navigate to the link file and enjoy. Notes: This process works with content that can be played on RealPlayer on a PC. It does not work with Windows Media Player content or any other streaming media not playable on RealPlayer. Please note that some content plays in RealPlayer on a PC using special plug-ins that install automatically. Since the dec player doesn't include these plug-ins, such content cannot be played on the dec. I've only tried this with a few streams and don't know what the limits are. It is possible there is some content that plays fine on RealPlayer but won't work on the dec. This will be especially true as new encoding methods are introduced for RealPlayer. Some testing has shown that the required file size might be higher than 1000 bytes. If you are trying to do this and don't seem to be having luck with 1000 byte files, trying making them larger, like 3000 or 5000 bytes.